Abstract: Provided herein are several inventive fabrics having warp yarns and fill yarns, where the warp yarns preferably are an intimate blend of synthetic and cellulosic fibers and where the fill yarns are preferably a patternwise arrangement of synthetic and cellulosic yarns. Such fabric possesses sufficient cellulosic content (i.e., at least 45% by weight) to be easily rendered flame retardant, while simultaneously possessing sufficient synthetic content (i.e., at least 30% by weight) to be abrasion resistant and long-lasting. In one embodiment, the subject fabrics are treated with one or more flame retardant chemicals, typically in the presence of ammonia gas. In a second embodiment, the subject fabrics are coated on one side with an elastomeric composition into which a flame retardant compound has been incorporated. In yet another embodiment, the subject fabrics are both treated and coated to achieve flame retardance.

Abstract: A photocatalytic substrate comprises a textile support and a finish on the surface thereof. The finish on the surface of the textile support comprises a particulate photocatalytic material and a binder. A process for producing a photocatalytic substrate comprises the steps of providing a textile support having at least one surface, providing a coating composition, applying the coating composition to at least a portion of the surface of the textile support, and drying the surface of the textile support to which the coating composition was applied to produce a photocatalytic substrate.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions useful for maintaining the clean impression of a carpet (that is, its scent and appearance) over an extended time despite occurrences that might damage the carpet surface. The composition, which includes an antimicrobial agent, an enzyme inhibitor, and an odor-reacting compound, can be used by a consumer to remove contaminants from the carpet and to prevent the odor associated with the decomposition of future contamination. Specifically, the composition has been shown effective in neutralizing odors associated with the decomposition of organic materials (such as urine or food spills) by absorbing and/or removing the odor-generating source. A manufacturing treatment composition and methods for using are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions useful for maintaining the clean impression of a carpet (that is, its scent and appearance) over an extended time despite occurrences that might damage the carpet surface. The composition, which includes an antimicrobial agent, an enzyme inhibitor, and an odor-reacting compound, can be used by a consumer to remove contaminants from the carpet and to prevent the odor associated with the decomposition of future contamination. Specifically, the composition has been shown effective in neutralizing odors associated with the decomposition of organic materials (such as urine or food spills) by absorbing and/or removing the odor-generating source. A manufacturing treatment composition and methods for using are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions useful for maintaining the clean impression of a carpet (that is, its scent and appearance) over an extended time despite occurrences that might damage the carpet surface. The composition, which includes an antimicrobial agent, an enzyme inhibitor, and an odor-reacting compound, can be used by a consumer to remove contaminants from the carpet and to prevent the odor associated with the decomposition of future contamination. Specifically, the composition has been shown effective in neutralizing odors associated with the decomposition of organic materials (such as urine or food spills) by absorbing and/or removing the odor-generating source. A manufacturing treatment composition and methods for using are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions useful for maintaining the clean impression of a carpet (that is, its scent and appearance) over an extended time despite occurrences that might damage the carpet surface. The composition, which includes an antimicrobial agent, an enzyme inhibitor, and an odor-reacting compound, can be used by a consumer to remove contaminants from the carpet and to prevent the odor associated with the decomposition of future contamination. Specifically, the composition has been shown effective in neutralizing odors associated with the decomposition of organic materials (such as urine or food spills) by absorbing and/or removing the odor-generating source. A manufacturing treatment composition and methods for using are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions useful for maintaining the clean impression of a carpet (that is, its scent and appearance) over an extended time despite occurrences that might damage the carpet surface. The composition, which includes an antimicrobial agent, an enzyme inhibitor, and an odor-reacting compound, can be used by a consumer to remove contaminants from the carpet and to prevent the odor associated with the decomposition of future contamination. Specifically, the composition has been shown effective in neutralizing odors associated with the decomposition of organic materials (such as urine or food spills) by absorbing and/or removing the odor-generating source. A manufacturing treatment composition and methods for using are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions useful for maintaining the clean impression of a carpet (that is, its scent and appearance) over an extended time despite occurrences that might damage the carpet surface. The composition, which includes an antimicrobial agent, an enzyme inhibitor, and an odor-reacting compound, can be used by a consumer to remove contaminants from the carpet and to prevent the odor associated with the decomposition of future contamination. Specifically, the composition has been shown effective in neutralizing odors associated with the decomposition of organic materials (such as urine or food spills) by absorbing and/or removing the odor-generating source. A manufacturing treatment composition and methods for using are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions useful for maintaining the clean impression of a carpet (that is, its scent and appearance) over an extended time despite occurrences that might damage the carpet surface. The composition, which includes an antimicrobial agent, an enzyme inhibitor, and, optionally, an aldehyde-containing aroma, can be used by a consumer to remove contaminants from the carpet and to prevent the odor associated with the decomposition of future contamination. Specifically, the composition has been shown effective in neutralizing odors associated with the decomposition of organic materials (such as urine or food spills) by absorbing and/or neutralizing the odor-generating source. A pre-treatment composition and methods for using are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions useful for maintaining the clean impression of a carpet (that is, its scent and appearance) over an extended time despite occurrences that might damage the carpet surface. The composition, which includes an antimicrobial agent, an enzyme inhibitor, and an odor-reacting compound, can be used by a consumer to remove contaminants from the carpet and to prevent the odor associated with the decomposition of future contamination. Specifically, the composition has been shown effective in neutralizing odors associated with the decomposition of organic materials (such as urine or food spills) by absorbing and/or removing the odor-generating source. A manufacturing treatment composition and methods for using are also disclosed.

Abstract: An improved method of manufacturing fully-additive or partly-additive printed wiring boards by electrolessly depositing copper on an insulating substratum and the walls of plated-through holes, wherein the copper deposit has increased resistance to failure due to thermal stress or thermal cycling. The electroless copper plating bath contains a copper compound, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid as a complexing agent for copper, a reducing agent capable of reducing the copper compound to metallic copper and addition agents selected from inorganic germanium and silicate compounds and combined with a polyethylene glycol. The pH of the electroless copper bath is monitored and maintained between 11.2 and 12.0 to reduce the trace iron codeposited with the copper and improve the resistance to plated-through hole failure in thermal cycling. The addition of vanadium to the electroless copper bath increases the smoothness of the deposited copper and further increases the number of thermal cycles before failure.

Abstract: An improved method of manufacturing fully additive or partly-additive printed wiring boards by electrolessly depositing copper on an insulating substratum and the walls of plated-through holes, wherein the copper deposit has increased resistance to failure due to thermal stress or thermal cycling. The electroless copper plating bath contains a copper compound, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid as a complexing agent for copper, a reducing agent capable of reducing the copper compound to metallic copper and addition agents selected from inorganic germanium and silicate compounds and combined with a polyethylene glycol. The pH of the electroless copper bath is monitored and maintained between 11.2 and 12.0 to reduce the trace iron codeposited with the copper and improve the resistance to plated-through hole failure in thermal cycling. The addition of vanadium to the electroless copper bath increases the smoothness of the deposited copper and further increases the number of thermal cycles before failure.

Abstract: An improved method of manufacturing electrolessly deposited copper is described. The copper deposits are useful in the manufacture of fully additive and partly additive plated-through hole, printed wiring boards. The copper is deposited from a bath containing a copper compound, a complexing agent for copper, a reducing agent for copper, a pH-adjusting agent and one or more addition agents. The improvement for producing highly stress resistant, copper deposits comprises controlling one or more plating bath parameters such as pH, complexing agents and sources of iron or chromium, so that the trace iron and/or chromium in the deposited copper is less than 2 mg/mole of copper.

Abstract: The present invention provides an aqueous composition and process for the electrodeposition of a layer of zinc containing silicon and phosphorus on a metal substrate. The electrodeposition composition is prepared by reacting metallic silicon and zinc with phosphoric acid and an alkali metal hydroxide in the ratio of between 0.4 and 1.3 moles of alkali metal hydroxide per mole of phosphoric acid, and adjusting the solution to a pH of 2 or higher after completion of the reaction. The coating is deposited on the metal substrate by electrodeposition and comprises about 70% to about 99.5% by weight of zinc, and about 0.10% to about 10% by weight of silicon, and about 0.5% to about 20% by weight of phosphorus.The resultant zinc/silicon/phosphorus coating improves the resistance of the metal substrate to corrosion, wear, galling and stress corrosion cracking.

Abstract: An improved method for making conductive metal patterns involving the steps of treating a substrate with a solution comprising a reducible salt of a non-noble metal and a light radiation sensitive reducing compound, exposing said substrate to light radiant energy, fixing with a solution comprised of a complexing agent followed by electroless deposition, the improvement comprising extending the bath life of said fixing solution by maintaining the concentration of the light sensitive reducing compound on the fixing solution so that it does not exceed 0.4 m moles/liter.